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Like�Salvia mellifera�Jessica Dickinson Goodman�is a Bay Area native and a fan of purple. She's written short stories, poems, and essays published in the�Oakland Review, Geek Out, Hashtag Queer,�and writes a weekly sonnet on the community garden for the St Stephen's in-the-Fields Friday Journal. She graduated with a BS from Carnegie Mellon University and has traveled to a third of the Middle East with her friends from the US State Department's TechWomen program.

St Stephen’s in-the-Field Community Garden

Tucked away within a dry oak woodland on Santa Teresa Boulevard, right across the street from Martin Murphy Middle School, sits a serene, growing community garden. Run entirely by volunteers on land owned by St Stephen’s in-the-Field Episcopal Church, the 37 bed community garden plays host to a colorful and vibrant community. Since the early …